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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-2573-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-18-2573-2021
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Research article
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22 Apr 2021
Research article |
| 22 Apr 2021
| 22 Apr 2021
Decoupling salinity and carbonate chemistry: low calcium ion concentration rather than salinity limits calcification in Baltic Sea mussels
Marine Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research (GEOMAR), Kiel,
Germany
currently at: School of Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre
Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK
Jörn Thomsen
Marine Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research (GEOMAR), Kiel,
Germany
Jens Daniel Müller
Environmental Physics, Institute of Biogeochemistry and Pollutant
Dynamics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Department of Marine Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea
Research, Warnemünde, Germany
Gregor Rehder
Department of Marine Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea
Research, Warnemünde, Germany
Frank Melzner
Marine Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research (GEOMAR), Kiel,
Germany
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Short summary
The Baltic Sea is expected to experience a rapid drop in salinity and increases in acidity and warming in the next century. Calcifying mussels dominate Baltic Sea seafloor ecosystems yet are sensitive to changes in seawater chemistry. We combine laboratory experiments and a field study and show that a lack of calcium causes extremely slow growth rates in mussels at low salinities. Subsequently, climate change in the Baltic may have drastic ramifications for Baltic seafloor ecosystems.
The Baltic Sea is expected to experience a rapid drop in salinity and increases in acidity and...
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